Fellaini: It's difficult to beat teams who come to defend

Following Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Sheffield United, with our only goal coming from an injury-time penalty, Marouane Fellaini has acknowledged that we struggle when faced with defensive teams.

It was difficult against a team like that who come to defend. We tried to create chances and we kept the ball well. We had patience and, in the end, we won and we are now ready for the next game. They defended with 10 players, which is always difficult, and they did well here but they didn’t create any chances and we deserved to win. Always in the Premier League and against lower league teams, the games are tough. There are often surprises, like you can see in some other games, but we are in the next round and we are happy. The FA Cup is a big competition in England and we went to the quarter-final last season. We want to do better this season and we have the quality and the players, so I hope we can do that.

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Of course it it is difficult to break down teams that defend with ten men... especially when you have donkeys as yourself in the team as yourself marouane. Another player who should never have been signed and should not be at the club. As bad as the hopeless manager who thinks keeping a "clean sheet" against a lower tier team is brilliant.

A barrage of constant attack - even sustained for 20 minutes would break them down easily. Panic and mistakes will result in a goal or two.
Walking around the park like we do these days ain't gonna do brother.

we had enough opportunities for quick counter attacks and pretty much everyone was too slow. the way everyone is talking in the team now, its like they dont think they can win matches anymore. a different mindset utd wouldve beaten shef utd 3/4-0 on saturday easily. its not like sheff sat in their own half all game. we gave them time to get no's back. or did i watch a different game?

@midfield man...totally correct...if we actually attacked with a bit of purpose and insistence we might find a way through. On Saturday with our strongest team out at home we limped past a league one team thanks to a clumsy challenge in the 90th minute.

There is not a United fan in the world who was happy at the victory and I'd say the dressing room was like a morgue and so it should have been.

I don't know what the fuck LvG is going but he is sapping the life out of that team and the club.

10 home games running without scoring in the first half. The game before that we did. It was a penalty.
It is shameful and embarrassing. How an a club of this size and ambition let this happen to itself?

no Fellaini, it is difficult to beat teams with players like you in the team.....What do u want? for teams to open up defence? Most teams used to even defend during SAF time, there was a fear factor when they come to OT